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it's about all of us. and those behind us. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> how close? let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. president obama has got a spring in his step this friday before the election propelled by a good week on the job and 171,000 new jobs in this morning's report. he's out there in ohio fighting the good fight. i only make predictions when people make me make them, but the trajectory, the momentum, now seems pro-obama. pennsylvania will hold, ohio looks good but close, and all the battlegrounds look winnable for the president. the huge question is turnout, that and rational self-interest. the young who believe in science, women who believe in protecting their rights, latinos who can see a brighter future with a supportive president all need to get out, show up, and vote. there's no reward for a failure. in a free society, a democratic society is a failure, deeply personal, you blew it if you don't vote. let's see where it stands. i'm joined by
it's about all of us. and those behind us. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> how close? let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. president obama has got a spring in his step this friday before the election propelled by a good week on the job and 171,000 new jobs in this morning's report. he's out there in ohio fighting the good fight. i only make predictions...
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we have special guests on sunday, just us, vice president joe biden is going to join us on "hardball" sunday night at 5:00 and 7:00. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> i saw a campaign ad today. you tell me what this means. >> america is facing problems of historic proportions, and your vote could mean the difference between prosperity and ruin, but who will you choose? will you vote for the elite, harvard educated lawyer who overhauled the health care system or the elite, multimillionaire lawyer who overhauled the health care system? choose wisely, america. >> back to "hardball." first a plug for mitt romney from "the simpsons." here is mr. burns, the fictional and highly unpopular owner of springfield's nuclear plant, in pre-election panic mode. >> i have to say, despite those unimaginably horrible good job numbers, we're feeling pretty confident. there's only one thing that might deny us the presidency that is the god-given property of the republican party. >> the 47% tape? >> nope. >> the empty chair? >> nope. >> cayman islands? >> not a problem. >> swiss bank account
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we have speths guests on sunday, just us, vice president joe biden is going to join us on "hardball" sunday night at 5:00 and 7:00. this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ female announcer ] want to spend less and retire with more? then don't get nickle and dimed by high cost investments and annoying account fees. is. at e-trade, our free easy-to-use online tools and experienced retirement specialists can help you build a personalized plan. and with our no annual fee iras and a wide range of low cost investments, you can execute the plan you want at a low cost. so meet with us, or go to etrade.com for a great retirement plan with low cost investments. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] it started long ago. the joy of giving something everything you've got. it takes passion. and it's not letting up anytime soon. if you're eligible for medicare, you might know it only covers about 80% is. of you b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare su
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stay with us. it's very political. comedy central joins us next. this is "hardball," the place for politics. a restaurant is hard, try running four. fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. an intense burning sensation i woke up with this horrible rash on my right side. like somebody had set it on fire. and the doctor said, cindie, you have shingles. he said, you had chickenpox when you were a little girl... i said, yes, i did. i don't think anybody ever thinks they're going to get shingles. but it happened to me. for more of the inside story, visit shinglesinfo.com one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development come
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we'll be right back. >>> let us vote! let us vote! let us vote! >> welcome back to "hardball." what you just heard is a group of people waiting to vote in miami-dade county in florida just yesterday. protesting let us vote after election staff people locked the doors during the time early voting was supposed to be in progress. that polling site opened about an hour later again. what came on the heels of florida's busiest voting day ever when people waited in line up to six hours to vote. up until 1:00 in the morning in some cases. here's what christine todd whitman had to say about it earlier today on msnbc. >> i don't know what went on in florida, but i do have to say in this day and age it's simply inexcusable in this country we have anything like this going on. i mean, i've led delegations around the world to watch voting. and this is the kind of thing you expect in a third world country, not in the united states of america. >> that's what you see in a third world country. what a critique. with me is scott arceneaux and bob shrum. scoot, give me the skinny here. can we get a
we'll be right back. >>> let us vote! let us vote! let us vote! >> welcome back to "hardball." what you just heard is a group of people waiting to vote in miami-dade county in florida just yesterday. protesting let us vote after election staff people locked the doors during the time early voting was supposed to be in progress. that polling site opened about an hour later again. what came on the heels of florida's busiest voting day ever when people waited in line up to...
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thanks for joining us. when we return, let me finish with whether president obama will reach for greatness in his second term. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. blap blap anywhere in the county for a low flat rate. yea, i know. oh, you're good. good luck! priority mail flat rate boxes. online pricing starts at $5.15. only from the postal service. a hybrid? most are just no fun to drive. now, here's one that will make you feel alive. meet the five-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max says ha. c-max says wheeee. which is what you get, don't you see? cause c-max has lots more horsepower than prius v, a hybrid that c-max also bests in mpg. say hi to the all-new 47 combined mpg c-max hybrid. governor of getting it done. you know how to dance... with a deadline. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. this is awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is, business pro. yes
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used to point to. romney senior adviser stuart stevens defended his campaign and his candidate in a big article he wrote. he said the campaign had the right ideas but failed to do a better job -- oh, my god, communicating to women and hispanics. they communicated already i would argue, quite well. >> i think we should have done a better job reaching out to women voters. the governor has a great record on women's issues. we should have done a better job articulating that record. we should have done a better job reaching out to hispanic voters. we should have done it earlier and in a more effective way, and i think looking forward those are questions for the party. i think we have a very good message there. we just have to do a better job with it. >> bob, i would argue that the message got out from akins, got out from myrrh you can the murd. i think a lot of -- especially the numbers show single women were really turned off -- they like the looks of romney in that first debate. a lot of numbers showed th
used to point to. romney senior adviser stuart stevens defended his campaign and his candidate in a big article he wrote. he said the campaign had the right ideas but failed to do a better job -- oh, my god, communicating to women and hispanics. they communicated already i would argue, quite well. >> i think we should have done a better job reaching out to women voters. the governor has a great record on women's issues. we should have done a better job articulating that record. we should...
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they used to say -- i won't use the bad word, but the old days in the south, you couldn't win unless you were the furthest out of the most segregationist line. if anybody went soft on the race issue, even slightly on civil rights, you were finished. the only way you won was go hard right and become the ultimate segregationist, and that held the south back for decades. anyway, thank you, michael and ron reagan. have a nice holiday. >>> up next, the best and worst campaign commercials of the 2012 campaign coming up. it's kind of interesting. forgot a lot of these. this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicken... and a creamy broth mmm i can still see you. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> back to "hardball." now to the "sideshow." first off, the political version of the oscars, kind of. "the washington post" is out with its list of the 2012 election fixies the
they used to say -- i won't use the bad word, but the old days in the south, you couldn't win unless you were the furthest out of the most segregationist line. if anybody went soft on the race issue, even slightly on civil rights, you were finished. the only way you won was go hard right and become the ultimate segregationist, and that held the south back for decades. anyway, thank you, michael and ron reagan. have a nice holiday. >>> up next, the best and worst campaign commercials of...
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. >> thank you for joining us tonight. >>> the day after. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> i'm chris matthews. good evening, i'm in new york again. let me start with this. a sixth round knockout came so early in the fight. just after we began to get those state by state results. some that hit me. obama, the champ, was not just hold his own, he was winning. then the long rounds where he kept it up. i saw this happen last night because i never saw it coming. i saw romney's big win in the first debate. i saw the president's sterling bipartisan work on tropical storm sandy. i never saw what came about last night, this powerful swing of support to the president. not just him but his party in senate races across the country. our question tonight, what happened? but i can't begin our usual political discussion tonight without a strong sad personal note. i was on last night for ten hours straight from 5:00 in the evening till 3:00 in the morning. a few minutes to 3:00 i said something terrible. i said that i was glad about the coming of tropical storm
. >> thank you for joining us tonight. >>> the day after. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> i'm chris matthews. good evening, i'm in new york again. let me start with this. a sixth round knockout came so early in the fight. just after we began to get those state by state results. some that hit me. obama, the champ, was not just hold his own, he was winning. then the long rounds where he kept it up. i saw this happen last night because i never saw it coming. i saw...
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they used to say -- i won't use the bad word, but the old days in the south, you couldn't win unless you were the furthest out of the most segregationist line. if anybody went soft on the race issue, even slightly on civil rights, you were finished. the only way you won was go hard right and become the ultimate segregationist, and that held the south back for decades. anyway, thank you, michael and ron reagan. have a nice holiday. >>> up next, the best and worst campaign commercials of the 2012 campaign coming up. it's kind of interesting. forgot a lot of these. this is "hardball," the place for politics. twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before
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with us right now from hoboken is katy tur. thank you for joining us, katy. look out for those live wires. tell us what the situation is there in terms of the flooding because we can see it all around you. >> reporter: the flooding is still pretty bad. it's receded in a number of parts of the city, because they have these industrial pumps and vacuum trucks going right now. the water has actually receded quite a bit since we've been here. it's gone down a couple inches. but it's still pretty flooded across this area. you have to remember, even though you're only seeing it up to my shins here, there's water in basements all across the city. the water table is really high. so in order to get all of that out, they're going to have to be pumping for two days. there's -- excuse me. there's 500 million gallons of water they need to get out of this city. 500 million gallon, chris, in one square mile. the mayor of this city, dawn zimmer, says it will take two days to do that. they've been pumping all day today. so hopefully by the end of the day tomorrow, they'll almo
with us right now from hoboken is katy tur. thank you for joining us, katy. look out for those live wires. tell us what the situation is there in terms of the flooding because we can see it all around you. >> reporter: the flooding is still pretty bad. it's receded in a number of parts of the city, because they have these industrial pumps and vacuum trucks going right now. the water has actually receded quite a bit since we've been here. it's gone down a couple inches. but it's still...
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look at what they're going to do to us. it feeds into paranoia. >> it's been a continuation from day one. mitt romney has gone out there and said that barack obama doesn't understand america. he doesn't get america. he's not one of us. ann romney has repeatedly said barack obama is not a grownup. you talked about john sununu saying he was lazy, he didn't understand america. it's not even code anymore. it's this guy is not a real american. donald trump can say he is born overseas. newt gingrich can say he's an african in terms of his temperament and ideas. it's all part of this continuum that mitt romney has not said no to. >> read michael smerconish's column today. it is along these lines. it is brilliantly written. it got him into trouble with people that don't agree. because it's true. up next, we're learning that governor chris christie was possibly ticked off by being strung along for being mitt romney's running mate. who would put out a story like that? it was said, he only did it because he was jilted at the alter. he
look at what they're going to do to us. it feeds into paranoia. >> it's been a continuation from day one. mitt romney has gone out there and said that barack obama doesn't understand america. he doesn't get america. he's not one of us. ann romney has repeatedly said barack obama is not a grownup. you talked about john sununu saying he was lazy, he didn't understand america. it's not even code anymore. it's this guy is not a real american. donald trump can say he is born overseas. newt...
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used to have the feeling no matter what happened i would get through. as long as you have that feeling you seem to get through. i've lost that feeling lately but as a matter of fact i don't feel badly. if anything happens to me i have this knowledge if i live to be 100 i can only
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he's the only one ever to use it. that was mitt back in february trying to convince the hard right audience that doubted his conservative credentials that even though he had been governor of a state of massachusetts, make no mistake, he was severely conservative. fast forward about seven months and now mitt romney is out there using his experience as massachusetts governor to convince voters he's actually bipartisan. he's a man of the middle. take a look at this ad. brand new mitt here. >> republicans and democrats both love america, but we need to have leadership, leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. >> well, the problem is the bipartisanship he touts didn't exactly happen in new york according to a "new york times" report when he was governor up there. it describes it this way. bipartisanship was in short supply up there. state house democrats complained that romney var
he's the only one ever to use it. that was mitt back in february trying to convince the hard right audience that doubted his conservative credentials that even though he had been governor of a state of massachusetts, make no mistake, he was severely conservative. fast forward about seven months and now mitt romney is out there using his experience as massachusetts governor to convince voters he's actually bipartisan. he's a man of the middle. take a look at this ad. brand new mitt here....
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you know, often times, and i guess in movies or in mellow drama you're used to the fact a report is use agroman tick relationship to get information out of a source. was this woman, broadwell, getting anything of intelligence or security matters or classified away from the general? >> well, everyone denies it, and i'm aware of no evidence otherwise. by the way, nobody ever asks me to exchange sex for information so -- although if someone did ask me that on twitter today. the serious point about eric holder's point and sari's point i think is that the justice department and fbi made the judgment that the fact that the cia director had a secret that could expose him to blackmail was not in itself inherently a risk to national security. they found out something or took some steps that persuaded them that it was okay. i think a strong case could be made that that's a decision that should be left to the president, that the president has to decide whether he's comfortable having a cia director with that kind of potential vuler in 5ebvulnerabi. i'm not sure the president will want the attorney
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. >> michael, thanks for joining us. we have had a good time arguing and discussing things, occasionally agreeing on things but often not. let me ask you about that republican world view. i wonder what color the sky is. how did they see this election the way rasmussen pollsters would see it, basically a romney romp? how did they get it so wrong? >> i think there was a feeding into a mythology that somehow the country would categorically reject the president because we had, that the country would somehow say to itself, you know, we can't live with this new land of big government health care, big government spending, et cetera, because we can't. and that's fine. the problem was in articulating to the american people why we can't live with those things, why those things are bad, and instead, as you have noted many times on this program, we got waylaid by conversations about women's bodies and abortion and things that didn't go to the nub of what was moving the electorate, and i think right now newt is absolutely right. ti's
. >> michael, thanks for joining us. we have had a good time arguing and discussing things, occasionally agreeing on things but often not. let me ask you about that republican world view. i wonder what color the sky is. how did they see this election the way rasmussen pollsters would see it, basically a romney romp? how did they get it so wrong? >> i think there was a feeding into a mythology that somehow the country would categorically reject the president because we had, that the...
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what can you tell us here? the democratic feerd, andrew cuo cuomo, people like martin he omall dwri from maryland, these are governors of new york and maryland. do they stay in the circle knowing they don't know how hillary is going to move? >> absolutely. i think everything will wait to see what hillary clinton will do. one of the big questions democrats face is as they look this this demographic shift, the question is is it a democratic coalition or is it an obama coalition? i think one of the answers to that could certainly be hillary clinton, who could most certainly hold that coalition he together. she's widely favored among afterwardses and latinos. certainly she's a favorite of women as well. one of the questions, though, if presidential elections are always a referendum on the future and looking toward the future, i think one of the questions she would have to answer is whether or not she embodies of future or whether or not she faces marco rubio, who is younger and a cuban, that might be a problem. oba
what can you tell us here? the democratic feerd, andrew cuo cuomo, people like martin he omall dwri from maryland, these are governors of new york and maryland. do they stay in the circle knowing they don't know how hillary is going to move? >> absolutely. i think everything will wait to see what hillary clinton will do. one of the big questions democrats face is as they look this this demographic shift, the question is is it a democratic coalition or is it an obama coalition? i think one...
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it's just awful. >> tell us about this. i've been trying to bring attention to some of the groups i've gotten to know in the last couple of weeks. but tell me about the federal government. if you lose a house, if you have your electrical system destroyed, if everything around the house basically has to be rebuilt, can you get the money from the federal government or is this going to have to be private insurance? >> this is one of the problems. the most private insurance doesn't have -- is not flood insurance. some people have flood insurance, and some people don't. and then fema will pay a maximum of 31,400. well, you can have a bungalow, a little tiny home in new york, and 31,400 isn't going to bring that back. this is something we have to look at. they did after katrina figure out a way to use cdbg money for this and it's something we're going to have to do. there are so many different things that have to be covered here. the storm was so great. 14 feet higher than we've ever seen it. the brooklyn battery tunnel had 100 m
it's just awful. >> tell us about this. i've been trying to bring attention to some of the groups i've gotten to know in the last couple of weeks. but tell me about the federal government. if you lose a house, if you have your electrical system destroyed, if everything around the house basically has to be rebuilt, can you get the money from the federal government or is this going to have to be private insurance? >> this is one of the problems. the most private insurance doesn't have...
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it's just awful. >> tell us about this. i've been trying to bring attention to some of the groups i've gotten to know in the last couple weeks. tell me about the federal government. if you lose a house, if you have your electrical system destroyed, if everything around the house basic aally has to be rebuilt -- >> this is one of the problems. the most private insurance doesn't have -- is not flood insurance. >> it's only when. >> some people have flood insurance and some people don't. and then fema will pay a maximum of 34, $100. you can have a bungalow and 31, 400 isn't going to bring that home back. it's something we're going to have to do. there are so many different things that have to be covered here. the storm was so great, 14 feet higher than we've ever seen it. the brooklyn battery tunnel had 100 million gallons of water from one end to the other, totally full that had to be pumped out. but in addition to that, we have -- we have so many places where the -- all the barriers, the natural barriers -- are gone. and the
it's just awful. >> tell us about this. i've been trying to bring attention to some of the groups i've gotten to know in the last couple weeks. tell me about the federal government. if you lose a house, if you have your electrical system destroyed, if everything around the house basic aally has to be rebuilt -- >> this is one of the problems. the most private insurance doesn't have -- is not flood insurance. >> it's only when. >> some people have flood insurance and some...